A major fire caused immense damage on Thursday night - in a hall with public buses in Düsseldorf (North Rhine-Westphalia).
Düsseldorf - Shortly after midnight, the first emergency calls were received by the Düsseldorf fire department.
“Eight minutes later, the first emergency services arrived at the deployment site on Eupener Strasse.
The hall complex of 50 by 50 meters was already completely in flames ”, announced the fire brigade on Thursday morning (April 1st).
Düsseldorf (North Rhine-Westphalia): 40 buses completely destroyed in a fire inferno
40 buses were completely destroyed in the major fire in a storage hall of the Rheinbahn in Düsseldorf.
As the fire brigade announced, the fire could be held back by a rapid and massive extinguishing operation, thus preventing the flames from spreading to the tram depot.
According to the information, nobody was injured.
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At 2.30 a.m., the fire brigade had the fire under control, reports the Rheinbahn.
The fire brigade was on site with 80 emergency services.
The extinguishing work continued into the morning hours.
There was initially no information on the cause of the fire.
Buses flare - the cause of the fire is initially unclear
According to the Rheinbahn, buses and trains run largely as planned.
During the night, the Rheinbahn reorganized the entry and exit of all buses and trains stationed in the Heerdt depot.
The transport company said there could be delays on individual routes, especially in the morning hours.
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